BAFTA just held its yearly game awards show last week, during which The Last of Us scooped Game of the Year and four other awards. VG247’s Sam Clay was there to quiz Harvey Elliot; chair of the BAFTA games committee, on just how the judges whittle down the long-list and crown the ultimate winners.

A video featuring Irrational’s Ken Levine’s dveloper Q&A filmed March 5 at BAFTA has been posted by 2K Games. In it, Levine talks “From Shodan, to Big Daddy, to Elizabeth: The Evolution of AI Companions” with Simon Parkin. It also features an audience Q&A. Watch it below. BioShock Infinite released March 26 on PC, PS3, […]

The British Academnt Games Awards have announced its nominees for this year’s award ceremony, and Thatgamecompany’s critically-acclaimed Journey is leading the pack with eight nominations. We’ve got the full list of nominees here.

Eidos life president, Ian Livingstone, feels that mid-tier console studios could soon be a thing of the past as triple-A games grow larger, and consumers become more interested in mobile and broswer-based games.

BAFTA’s gone up with its annual yearly video games lecture, this time given by BioWare doctors Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk. The pair talk for half an hour before opening up to a half-hour Q&A, chaired by Eurogamer’s Johnny Minkley. The full thing’s over on BAFTA’s site, but there’s a small preview below.

Speaking to Spong, iOS developer Ste Pickford has claimed the UK BAFTAs are not suited to the task of awarding excellence in the field of development, saying the entry fee alone “seems designed to discourage smaller games from becoming involved.”

BAFTA’s announced the list of games nominated within this year’s list of games categories in the Children’s BAFTAs. For best game, the choice is between Kirby’s Epic Yarn, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, LittleBigPlanet 2 and Pokemon Black & White. In the Kids Choice award, nominations are between Angry Birds Rio, Cut the Rope, FIFA […]

BAFTA has added new categories to its game awards: Debut Game, Online – Browser, Online – Multiplayer and Performer. The Debut award will be handed to a studio releasing its first game during the same year the award is given, and the performance award will be handed to either voice or motion work. The Online […]